The Ship of Heaven
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| The Ship of Heaven | |
|---|---|
| Music | Alfred Hill |
| Lyrics | Hugh McCrae |
| Book | Hugh McCrae |
| Premiere | 7 October 1933: Savoy Theatre, Sydney |
The Ship of Heaven is a 1923 Australian light operetta (or "musical fantasy") by Hugh McCrae with music by Alfred Hill.[1][2]
The work was given a private production in 1923.[3][4][5]
The original production open to the general public was presented by Doris Fitton's Independent Theatre[6] at the Savoy Theatre.[7][8]
According to one writer in 1937, "it remainds the best fantasy by an Australian dramatist."[9]
Smith's Weekly called it " one of the most ambitious productions ever planned by a Little Theatre... represents .the work of Australia's greatest living poet, Hugh McCrae, and greatest living composer, Alfred Hill. Between them they have made this romantic operetta a work of memorable beauty.... In its field, "The Ship of Heaven" is easily the most important musical and poetic work that lias, so far been written in Australia."[10]
The text was published by Angus and Robertson in 1951.